Video Review

In the video Prairie Style talked about some of the contributions that Frank Lloyd Wright had to architecture. Some of the concepts that I learned were: The development of single family homes, horizontal layering, and also the idea of using nature and natural materials. Frank Lloyd takes the Victorian style homes and their  value of space and transforms them into one of flowing space, using the fire place as the center of attention in the middle of the room. This also created more space on the walls for windows to allow for more sun light. With extra windows the sun will travel through  creating open views of the entire home and outside. Frank Lloyd Wright tried to use an organic approach which also led him to leave the old ideas an focus on the new ideas of open spaces. This video related to our reading because it focused on Frank Lloyd Wright and explained in detail some of the things he did.

The video Architecture: The Science of Design, the key concepts were about skyscrapers and there structures, materials that were used to build them, and also the advancement of living spaces. This video related to our readings because it talked about the environment, planning, redevelopment, and Green technological advances.

The video Classical Architecture it was very informative on Greek and Roman architecture and how they were the building blocks of all styles of architecture. The three Greek orders are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles of columns and post-and-lintel construction. The Roman elements are Tuscan and Composite arches. There was a lot of emphasis placed on proportion, harmony, and symmetry which repeated its self over and over again. We still see domes and rotundas still used today. This video related to our readings because it help reinforce the concepts we read about with Greek and Roman elements and styles of building structures.

I picked Frank Gehry: Architecture as Art: I picked this one honestly because it was first on the list. I liked this one because I had no Idea about his work and I found this to be interesting and full of information the only thing I didn't like was that you could not get a good look at his work because the video didn't focus on them for long periods of time I found myself stopping and backing up a few times just to get a good look. The important concepts in this video were about how Gehry's creative nature which helped him in creating sculptures that would be used as buildings. He said that he gained much of his creativity from visiting museums and viewing the paintings inside. He also used influences from pop artists and Robert Roschenberg's paintings.